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The BBC has announced a whopping 12 new comedy pilots, with casts featuring plenty of TVO favourites. These pilots will air as part of ‘Comedy Playhouse’ on BBC One, ‘New on Two’ on BBC Two and ‘Comedy Slices’ on BBC Three. The Other One, BBC Two A sitcom about [...]

The Windsors is currently charming audiences every Wednesday night on Channel 4, as the soap-style sitcom about the royal family is back for a second series. With a number of TVO regulars in front of and behind the camera, we thought it was high time we spoke to some of them about the show. Next [...]

The day has finally arrived: Game of Thrones returns for its long awaited seventh season today in the US, tomorrow in the UK, and around the world in the next few days. Shrouded in secrecy as always, the new season is a little shorter than usual, with just seven episodes of, it seems, all out war [...]

The Windsors is currently charming audiences every Wednesday night on Channel 4, as the soap-style sitcom about the royal family is back for a second series. With a number of TVO regulars in front of and behind the camera, we thought it was high time we spoke to some of them about the show. Next [...]

This week sees the return of The Windsors to our screens, as the soap-style sitcom about the royal family is back for a second series. With a number of TVO regulars in front of and behind the camera, we thought it was high time we spoke to some of them about the show. First up, is the delightful [...]

Channel 4’s satirical spoof soap The Windsors returns for a second series on Wednesday night. The series, which charts the fictional exploits of Britain’s favourite family, began with a six part run back in May 2016, with a cast led by Harry Enfield, Haydn Gwynne, Louise Ford and [...]

The long awaited medical memoirs by former-doctor turned critically-acclaimed comedian Adam Kay are now available to pre-order. Now officially titled This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor, the book will see Kay revisit his past as an obstetrician and gynaecologist, which [...]

Musical satirist Adam Kay will follow up his critically acclaimed live show Fingering A Minor on the Piano with a written memoir of his time as a medical doctor, to be published in September. Your Life in My Hands will see Kay revisit his past as an obstetrician and gynaecologist, which also [...]

A new documentary about the life of the late Sir Terry Pratchett has been made, starring Paul Kaye as Pratchett himself. Terry Pratchett: Back in Black is the story of the author’s life in his own words, although the Discworld creator sadly died in 2015, before he was able to finish writing. [...]

Musical comedian Adam Kay has announced a London run for his highly acclaimed 2016 Edinburgh Fringe show, Fingering A Minor on the Piano at The Soho Theatre this Spring. The show couples Adam’s darkly humorous re-imaginings of modern day pop and rock classics with a deeply confessional [...]

The festive season is upon us and there’s plenty to keep you entertained on the tellybox. Here’s our roundup of this year’s most essential Christmas viewing. Drunk History Wednesday 21st December at 10pm, Comedy Central UK Rick Edwards tells the story of the World War I Christmas [...]

Adam Kay will be reviving his Smutty Christmas Songs live shows next week in London, Southampton and Leeds. The musical comedian – fresh from his critically acclaimed Edinburgh show Fingering A Minor on the Piano – is perhaps best known to TVO readers as the creator and writer [...]

The Windsors are back for two Christmas specials on Channel 4, with TVO regulars Morgana Robinson, Katy Wix and Ellie White on board and Paul Whitehouse joining the cast. Adam Miller (Mongrels) is also returning as director. Here’s the first Christmas episode synopsis from Channel 4: [...]

Jim Howick is among the cast of new Channel 4 comedy-drama Loaded. The eight-part series is about four tech entrepreneurs who become multi-millionaires overnight, after selling their start-up videogame company, and react to their new wealth in very different ways. These four characters are set [...]

Ghosts and ghouls are on the prowl this weekend, as Halloween approaches on Monday evening, and everyone gets to play ‘Count The Harley Quinn Costumes’ in their nightclub of choice. Yes, it’s time for some grisly fancy dress, far too many sweets, and some kick-arse horror movies [...]

Tony Way be joining his former Mongrels co-star Paul Kaye in Dave Lambert‘s new fantasy sitcom Zapped which airs later this year. The series, which we told you about back in June, stars former Inbetweeners actor James Buckley (fresh from The Comedian’s Guide to Survival), as [...]

Dan Tetsell is part of the ensemble cast for a new stage production of The Wipers Times premiering at The Watermill Theatre. Written by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman, this stage premiere is an adaptation of the award-winning BBC film of the same name… which featured TVO regular Steve Oram, [...]

The Edinburgh Fringe is now officially over for another year, and as the city cleans away the chaos that millions of flyers and hundreds of shows leave behind, we thought it would be a good time to reflect on TVO related involvement in an epic Fringe run. Our editor in chief, Paul Holmes, [...]

The Edinburgh Festival returns for its 69th year shortly, and a bevvy of TVO favourites are heading on up there to make people laugh. As part of our celebrations, we’ve been catching up with a handful of great performers we’re sure you’ll want to go and see at the Fringe. And [...]

The Edinburgh Fringe starts next week, and with a host of TVO favourites heading up throughout August, we are prodding you towards shows you simply have to see. As well as a smattering of interviews, we’ll be bringing you a range of preview ‘Soapbox’ pieces, in which a member of team TVO [...]